02/04/2009Bernini and the Baroque portrait of FlorenceGian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was perhaps the most prominent artist of the entire period of Italian Baroque art. Being a versatile artist, he worked as a sculptor, painter, and architect, especially in Rome – a city which, in those years, experienced...
12/02/2009from 23 nov 08 to 1 mar 09 With restoration complete, the Madonna del cardellino is once again on public view. Our preference, however, was not to display the Madonna as “a masterpiece reborn” in a solo appearance that would have reduced it to the level of a fetish or venerable relic. Instead,...